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Eye Surgeon for Wimpole Street Patients
Wimpole Street runs parallel to Harley Street, one block west, and the two form the core of London's medical district. Miss Tina Khanam, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, practises on Harley Street — a two-minute walk from anywhere on Wimpole Street — covering cataract surgery, lens replacement, laser vision correction and corneal disease.
Cataract, Lens & Laser Eye Surgery for Wimpole Street Patients
Patients often search for Wimpole Street specifically, usually because they have been treated by a consultant based there before, or because the Royal Society of Medicine at number 1 is the address they associate with specialist medicine. The distinction between the two streets matters far less than it appears: they run parallel a block apart, share the same W1G postcode, and are served by the same Underground stations.
Miss Khanam holds FRCOphth from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists with more than twenty years in ophthalmology. Her practice covers cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange, LASIK, SMILE, Presbyond and ICL implantation, and complex corneal disease including keratoconus, cross-linking, CAIRS and transplant surgery.
What distinguishes the practice within the district is structural rather than geographical. A large amount of W1 ophthalmology operates on a high-volume model in which the consultant you meet at the assessment is not the surgeon who operates on you. Here, one consultant conducts the assessment, interprets the scans, performs the surgery and carries out every follow-up. When you telephone about a concern, you speak to the practice that operated on you.
Your Nearest Clinic from Wimpole Street
Getting here
Wimpole Street runs between Cavendish Square and Marylebone Road, one block west of Harley Street — the walk between them takes about two minutes along any of the connecting streets, such as Queen Anne Street, New Cavendish Street or Weymouth Street.
Regent's Park station on the Bakerloo line is the closest Underground stop, three minutes on foot. Bond Street (Central, Jubilee and the Elizabeth line), Oxford Circus and Great Portland Street are all within a ten-minute walk, and Marylebone mainline station is a little beyond that.
Parking
The whole district falls inside the Congestion Charge zone, and both Wimpole Street and Harley Street have metered parking with short time limits. Cavendish Square car park is the nearest substantial option. For surgery days, patients travelling by car often prefer the Worcester Park or Gatwick Park hospitals, where parking is free.
Postcodes served: W1G
Treatments Available to Wimpole Street Patients
Every procedure is performed personally by Miss Tina Khanam. Full details, including costs, recovery and suitability, are on each treatment page.
Conditions we treat for Wimpole Street patients
Why Wimpole Street Patients Choose Us
- Two minutes' walk from Wimpole Street, in the same W1G medical district
- One named consultant from assessment through surgery to final follow-up
- Complete diagnostic workup — corneal tomography, biometry and OCT — in a single visit
- Specialist corneal service including cross-linking, CAIRS and transplant surgery
- Option to consult here and have surgery at a site with free parking outside London
About Your Eye Surgeon
Miss Tina Khanam is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon specialising in LASIK, Laser Eye, Cataract & Lens Replacement Surgery. She holds FRCOphth, Cert LRS, PG Dip CRS and is a member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists and the European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons. She performs every procedure personally, from the initial assessment through surgery to your final follow-up.
Eye Care in Wimpole Street
Wimpole Street has been part of London's medical quarter since the nineteenth century and remains lined with consulting rooms, with the Royal Society of Medicine at its southern end. Together with Harley Street, Devonshire Place and Queen Anne Street it forms a few square blocks containing one of the highest concentrations of specialist medical practice anywhere in the world — which is a strength, but also a reason to ask carefully who exactly will be treating you.
Moorfields Eye Hospital provides world-class NHS ophthalmology a short journey east, and nobody in this district needs private care to obtain good treatment. What private care offers is a chosen date, an identified surgeon who stays with you throughout, and procedures the NHS does not fund — laser vision correction, ICL implantation, Presbyond, and premium multifocal or extended-depth-of-focus lens implants at cataract surgery.
Local landmarks and reference points
- The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street
- Cavendish Square and Queen Anne Street
- Harley Street, one block east
- Marylebone High Street
- Regent's Park and Great Portland Street stations
Questions from Wimpole Street Patients
Harley Street — one block east of Wimpole Street, a two-minute walk. Both are in the W1G medical district and share the same Underground stations.
No. The addresses carry historical prestige but no clinical meaning. What matters is the consultant's specialty, their surgical volume in the specific procedure you need, and whether they will personally be the one operating.
Ask directly, and ask it of any clinic you are considering. In this practice it is Miss Khanam at every stage — assessment, surgery and follow-up. That is not universal in W1, where a good deal of refractive surgery is delivered by rotating surgical teams.
Corneal topography and tomography, optical biometry for lens calculations, OCT imaging of the macula and optic nerve, and a full clinical examination — normally completed in one visit, followed by a discussion of your options. Allow about two hours.
With difficulty. The Congestion Charge applies and street parking is metered with short limits. Cavendish Square car park is the usual option, but the Underground is generally easier — particularly as dilating drops may leave you unable to drive afterwards.
No. You can book a consultation directly, and your GP will be written to afterwards with your permission.
More general questions are answered on our patient FAQs page.
Book a Consultation
Wimpole Street patients are seen at Harley Street, London — 2 minutes walk. No GP referral is required, and you will see Miss Tina Khanam personally.